Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 October 2009
165 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacant civil servant or public servant positions in his Department on 1 October 2009, and in the State bodies or organisations answerable to him; the grade and the average duration of the vacancies; and if an application has been made to have these positions exempted from the public service recruitment and promotions embargo. [35036/09]
View answerAs at the 1 October 2009, there were 21 civil service vacancies in my Department and its agencies as follows:
|
Grade |
Department |
Civil Defence Board |
|
Principal Officer |
1 |
|
|
Assistant Principal Officer |
1 |
1 |
|
Higher Executive Officer |
2 |
|
|
Executive Officer |
4 |
|
|
Staff Officer |
1 |
|
|
Clerical Officer |
9 |
|
|
Services Officers/Attendants etc |
2 |
|
|
Total |
20 |
1 |
The average length of vacancies is 5 months. My Department has not sought sanction to have any of these vacancies filled. In addition a total of 30 vacancies have arisen among civilian employees of the Department (State Industrial Employees) since the Moratorium on Recruitment and Promotion in the Public Service was introduced. My Department has not sought sanction to have any of these vacancies filled.
